LOUDON, N.H.  — It’s NASCAR race day at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and we’ve got some essential information you need to get ready for Sunday’s New Hampshire 301 Sprint Cup Series race.

START TIME: New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan is scheduled to instruct drivers to start their engines at 1:37 p.m. ET, today. If you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV at 1:44 p.m. for the green flag.

RACE DISTANCE: The New Hampshire 301 is 301 laps around the 1.058-mile track for a total of 318 miles.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Caroline Burns, a contestant on The Voice television show, will perform the anthem at 1:31 p.m.

TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) will broadcast today’s race beginning with a pre-show at 1 p.m. Performance Racing Network will call the race on the radio.

WEATHER: Sunday’s forecast calls for an afternoon high of 87 with a 50 percent chance of afternoon or evening thunderstorms.

LAST TIME: Kyle Busch was last year’s race winner. He led 95 of the race’s 301 laps, including the final 49. And in the Chase race last September, Matt Kenseth took the lead with three laps remaining when Kevin Harvick ran out of gas trying to stretch his fuel to the finish.

STARTING LINEUP: Jimmie Johnson qualified first Friday with a speed of 133.971 mph to earn his first pole of the season. Also starting in the top five will be Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin. Alex Bowman is substituting in the No. 88 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is out with concussion symptoms.

Here’s the starting lineup for today’s New Hampshire race:

1. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet

2. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota

3. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota

4. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet

5. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

6. (22) Joey Logano, Ford

7. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet

8. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet

9. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford

10. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet

11. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet

12. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet

13. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota

14. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford

15. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet

16. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota

17. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

18. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota

19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet

20. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet

21. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet

22. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford

23. (23) David Ragan, Toyota

24. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet

25. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet

26. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford

27. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet

28. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford

29. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet

30. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford

31. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford

32. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet

33. (44) Brian Scott, Ford

34. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet

35. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford

36. (55) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet

37. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet

38. (32) Eddie MacDonald, Ford

39. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet

40. (98) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet